But Mason is the youngest of six, his older siblings are Natassja, 20, twins Peter and Michael, 18, and twins Marc and Paul, 13, and he had to fit right into the family.

Lorraine said: “There wasn’t much special treatment for Mason. He gets treated as a normal six-year-old boy.

“I realise he is far too intelligent to live a life stuck to my side, I want to give him his independence. I want to see him going to school on the school bus with his mates, not with me holding his hand.”

The couple first heard of Daniel Tish when Mason’s Visual Impairment teacher told them about a talk he was doing locally.

Daniel has been named Batman because of his technique, which means he makes a quiet clicking noise as he walks, checking out his environment.

It is this skill which allows him to avoid objects to walk in a crowd or cycle down a road. Daniel says cars are easy to avoid as they rebound sound well.

Daniel said: “Mason is doing really well. He began looking and detecting objects within 10 minutes of starting the programme. That’s very very fast.”

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